interesting quote from an anonymous Bush cousin

[Cocoa]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-bardach/ken-mehlman-the-presiden_b_14123.html

"The family can smell disloyalty from down the road," says a cousin of George W. Bush, who asks that her name not be mentioned so that she can continue attending family events at Kennebunkport and in Texas. "The slightest whiff of criticism, and you're out. Even in the family." On the other hand, she pointed out, loyalty is generously repaid.

[ComerPerro]

1. I'm always wary of anonymous quotes

[Cocoa]

4. that's a good policy

but I don't think this is a CapitolHillBlue situation.

The author of this article:

Ann Louise Bardach is the author of Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana and the Editor of Cuba: A Travelers Literary Companion. She was a staff writer for Vanity Fair for ten years and has since written for The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. She has appeared on 60 Minutes, Today, Dateline, CNN, The O’Reilly Factor, Charlie Rose, and National Public Radio. She has written a column for Newsweek International and writes "The Interrogation" column for SLATE. Her story on Rev. Moon has been anthologized in KILLED: Journalism Too Hot To Print.

She has won the PEN/USA Award for Journalism in 1994 for her reporting on Mexican politics, and was a finalist in 1993 for her coverage of women in Islamic countries. Her book Cuba Confidential was a finalist for the New York Public Library Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism and the PEN USA Award for Best Nonfiction, and named one of Ten Best Books of 2002 by the Los Angeles Times. She was a finalist for the 2005 PEN USA award for Journalism for her expose of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ties with the tabloids, in Los Angeles Magazine. She started the International Journalism class at UCSB's Global Studies Department and is the Director of The Media Project at PEN USA.

[tuvor]

2. It's like a family of J.R. Ewings. n/t

[Mutley]

3. Good quote, but it could have come from anyone.

[Divernan]

5. That tells you that the Bush twins are loyal neocons.

Some like to fantasize that deep down, one or both of the girls is really a closet liberal and/or disapproves of W's greedy, bloodthirsty policies. I don't think so - they do as they are told and their loyalty is "generously repaid".

[Silverhair]

6. Bush cousins PUBLICLY spoke against him.

During the election campaign, I found a URL maintained by Bush cousins and for Kerry, and posted it here on DU.